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What do conventional intellectual-ability tests tell us about the abilities of Black Africans living in non-Westernized environmental contexts? We examined an aspect of this question in a study employing dynamic testing, conducted in rural villages near Bagamoyo, Tanzania. A total of 358 experimental-group children in 10 schools, ranging in grade levels from 2 to 5, participated in the study. An additional 100 students of the same ages served as control participants. All experimental-group...

The rapid proliferation of private provision in South African education has attracted considerable policy attention. Thought to be linked to the decline in public enrolment, this rapid expansion was perceived as a direct threat to the public sector. However, very little is known about the nature of the private sector, the distribution of its enrolment and its programmatic focus. This article draws from previous research to provide an overview of the quantitative data for a sub-set of 60...

Evidence abounds in the literature of a direct link between pre-primary education and academic performance in the primary school. The salutary effect of the ‘Head start’ programme inaugurated in the United States of America in the early 1960s on the academic performances of its beneficiaries in the lower primary is such a piece of evidence. Premised on this commonality between pre-primary education and academic achievement in the primary school, the study aimed at finding out whether there...

This study examines the variability of private expenditure on primary and pre-primary education in a developing country and its relationship with characteristics of households, schools and pupils. Findings are reported from two small surveys, in one urban and one rural area, located in a part of Africa where there is a marked contrast in funding and organization between public and private schools. Implications are discussed for the presentation of the private costs of education in general,...

This article relates experiences of drafting adult literacy materials in Mozambican languages and testing bilingual education programmes, developed by INDE, the research and curriculum development branch of the Ministry of Education in Mozambique and where the author worked from 1990 to 2000. Mozambique, a country with more than 20 Bantu languages, attained independence from Portugal, in 1975, with an illiteracy rate of 93%. Literacy was considered a priority for development in the country....

This study assessed the role of the family on academic performance among African American and Caucasian college students. Family functioning, family status, and demographic variables were examined in a questionnaire. Results suggested that although the family continues to be important at the college level, the effect is small. Future research should examine the impact of the family in the context of peer and institutional variables for African Americans and Caucasians separately. **********...

FrenchSpanish; CastilianL’ éducation favorisant le changement des comportements et des attitudes a été à maintes reprises recommandée comme stratégie efficace pour la prévention et le contrôle communautaires des infections liées au VIH. Pendant les dix dernières années, il semblerait que les programmes de contrôle de ces maladies dans les communautés Afro-Américaines n'aient observé aucun changement significatif, car le VIH/SIDA, d'autres maladies sexuellement transmissibles et certaines...

Environmental Impact Assessment and the Nigerian Oil Industry: A Review of Experiences and Learnings M.M. Zagi M.M. Zagi Department of Petroleum Resources Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Paper presented at the SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 2002. Paper Number: SPE-74074-MS https://doi.org/10.2118/74074-MS Published: March 20 2002 Cite View This Citation...

The Rehabilitation of Basic Education Project will have national coverage, however, this environmental assessment (EA) was conducted in three districts (Kailahun, Kono, and Kambia) together with the Western Area, because those three districts were severely affected by the civil conflict; conversely, the Western Area, clearly contrasts in terms of physical damage to educational infrastructures, environmental degradation, and institutional arrangements for impact management. The environmental...

Burden of disease (BOD) estimates used to foster local health policy require disability weights which represent local preferences for different health states. The global burden of disease (GBD) study presumes that disability weights are universal and equal across countries and cultures, but this is questionable. This indicates the need to measure local disability weights across nations and/or cultures. We developed a culturally adapted version of the visual analogue scale (VAS) for a setting...

The ways in which resources are allocated within households and/or families, especially within the context of children's time allocation to labor and schooling, has long been a subject of concern to demographers and economists. Differential investment in children and resulting differences in activity budgets may have significant effects on children's growth and development as well as on aspects of reproduction. This study uses predictions regarding parental investment in the embodied capital...

Background and Purpose: Research interest has increased in physiotherapy in the past two decades. During this period, the physiotherapy department at the Medical University of Southern Africa(MEDUNSA) started its degree programme. The first undergraduateresearch projects (UGRP) were produced in 1985. The purpose of this study was to analyze the UGRPs conducted between 1985 and 1999 in terms of methodological trends (qualitative versus quantitative) and subject content.Methods: A...

A comparative study was carried out to identify the prevalence of anemia, nutritional indices and intestinal parasitic infestation in primary school children. The target population included 209 pupils aged 6-11 years, attending schools in two areas, Rimal area (urban) and Jabalia village (rural), in Gaza Governorates. Prevalence of intestinal parasites was high in Jabalia village (more than 53%) in comparison to Rimal area (33%). The main intestinal parasites were Entamoeba histolytica,...

Studies in well-defined populations contribute to the body ofevidence that the psychosocial aspects of people’s environment can have a substantial effect on their physical health. Senior students in health professional education programs were interviewed using structured instruments to assess the prevalence of psychological distress and tension-type headaches in a young adult university population. Almost 70%of the study sample was either at risk of becoming distressed, or already distressed...

The System Of Financing Education In England,wales And Algeria And Its Alternatives